[BOAI] Springer now publishing Open Access books

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Springer US.  --Peter Suber.]


 *Contact: *Eric Merkel-Sobotta | tel.: +49 30 827 87 54 34 |
eric.merkel-sobotta at springer.com**

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*PRESS RELEASE*

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*Springer now publishing Open Access books*****

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*SpringerOpen Books launched at Beijing International Book Fair*

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Beijing/New York, 29 August 2012****

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Springer is expanding its open access (OA) program by offering a fully open
access option for books, which will extend Springer’s established
SpringerOpen and BioMed Central journal portfolio, and its Springer Open
Choice option. Any electronic version of a SpringerOpen book is fully and
immediately OA, and thus freely accessible on SpringerLink for anyone in
the world with access to the internet. ****

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SpringerOpen books give authors and editors in all areas of science the
opportunity to publish open access with the same high standards they are
used to at Springer.****

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“Many of our authors, editors and societies have asked us for an open
access option for books ,” said Bettina Goerner, Manager Open Access at
Springer. “The increasing interest in publishing open access books in the
community led us to expand the SpringerOpen family by developing an open
access option for books across all disciplines.”****

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The copyright for the entire open access book including every chapter
remains with the editor/author. SpringerOpen books are published under the
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) license. This
facilitates the open distribution and the free re-use and sharing of the
work for non-commercial purposes, as long as the authors/editors are
properly attributed.****

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SpringerOpen Book titles will be listed in the Directory of Open Access
Books (DOAB), the discovery service for OA books which increases visibility
and findability of Springer’s OA books.****

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“Books are the next logical focus in the progression of open access, and
this initiative from Springer helps to establish open access as a viable
publishing model for scholarly books,” said Eelco Ferwerda, Director of the
Directory of Open Access Books and the OAPEN Foundation. ****

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Springer began publishing individual open access papers through its
Springer Open Choice model in 2004. Since then, the publishing group has
refined and extended this publication model. In 2008 Springer acquired
BioMed Central, making it one of the world’s largest open access
publishers. In 2010 Springer launched a new open access portfolio which now
contains more than 90 open access journals focusing on specific research
areas. In January 2012 the SpringerOpen journal portfolio was joined by
SpringerPlus, an interdisciplinary open access journal, publishing research
in all STM disciplines.****

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*Springer Science+Business Media* (www.springer.com) is a leading global
scientific publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific
institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content via
innovative information products and services. Springer is also a trusted
local-language publisher in Europe – especially in Germany and the
Netherlands – primarily for physicians and professionals working in the
automotive, transport and healthcare sectors. Roughly 2,000 journals and
more than 7,000 new books are published by Springer each year, and the
group is home to the world’s largest STM eBook collection, as well as the
most comprehensive portfolio of open access journals. Springer employs
nearly 6,200 individuals across the globe and in 2011 generated sales of
approximately EUR 875 million.  ****

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*For more information visit:* www.springeropen.com/books****

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*Contact: *Eric Merkel-Sobotta | tel.: +49 30 827 87 54 34 |
eric.merkel-sobotta at springer.com****
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